(first traceable 1318 – after 1331), Dominican, lecturer in Cologne (?). As official visitor for the Dominican province of Teutonia, Nicholas was involved in the trial of Meister Eckhart. Some ¶ of his German sermons and a treatise De adventu Christi have survived, and ten German treatises are attributed to him. His Summa is a compilation of excerpts constituting a handbook on philosophy. His goal was to establish Thomism, as is clear from his definition of accidents: against Dietrich of Freiberg, he emphasized that it is possible to conceive of accidents apa…
Nicholas of Strasbourg(191 words)
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Kandler, Karl-Hermann, “Nicholas of Strasbourg”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_024133>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013
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